St. Landry democrat., 1887-03-19
THE LOST CAUSE"
OTHER THINGS BESIDES NUMERICAL ODDS
THAT CAUSED THE CONFEDERATE
SOLDIERS TO FAIL.
McCarthy's Soldier Life i'll the Army OF
Northern Virginia.

| McCarthy's Soldier Life i'll the Army OF
Northern Virginia.
The Confederate soldier opposed i'm
mense odds. In the Seven Days Bat
tie around Richmond, 10000 drove TO
the James river 10000 of the enemy.
At Fredericksburg. in 1862, $4,000 ct
them routed 10000 Federal troops. Al
| Charlottesville, in 1868, $1,000, under
Lee and Jackson, whipped, and but for
the death of Jackson, would have ami
hilated an army of 132,0OO men, more
than double their own nnmher AT
Gettysburg. $4,000 of them assaled tn"
heights manned by 10000. At tile
| Wilderness, in 1864, 63 900 met and sue
cessfully resisted 151 900 of the enemy.
! At Appomattox. in 1865, 5000 OF them
surrendered TO the host commanded hy
Grant. The United States government.
at the end of the wHr, mustered nut OF
! service, 600 900 Of men, and had III
! the field, from first to last, 260o,8uO II
| the Confederate soldier had thea had
only this disparity of numbers to con
tend with, he would have driven every
invader from the soil of Virginia.
But the Confederate soldier fought.
| in addition to these odds, the facilities
| for the transportation and concrntIa-
| tinn of troops and supplies afforded 10y
|
north of him, all Of which were subject
! to the control of the government, and
| backed by n treasury which was turning
! ont money by the ton, 81 of which was
worth sixty Confederate dollars.
| II shonld be remembered, also, that
| while the South was restricted to Its
own territory for supplies. and its OVID
people for men, the North drew on the
world for material, and on every nation
of the earth for men.
The arms and ammunition of the Fedc
raj soldiers were abundant and good. SO
abundant and so good that they sup
piled both armies, and were greatly pre-
ferred by Confederate officers The
equipment of the Federal armies was
we'll nigh perfect The facilities for
manufacture were simply unlimited,
and the nation thought no expenditure |
of treasure too great. it only the c0un- |
trv-the Union could he saved. Tie |
factory and foundry chimneys made a |
pillar of smoke by day and OF five by |
night The latest IMPROVEMENTS Weit
hurried to the front and adopted by !
both armies almost simultaneously : |
for hardly had the FedeIals bought !
when the CoHfederateS captured and |
used the very latest
C0mmISsary stores were piled mp all !
over Virginia for the use OF the lnvad- !
ing armies. they had more than they |
could protect, and their loss was gam
TO the hungry defenders OF the soil. |
The Confederate soldiers fou2hlt a |
host of ills oceasinned by the depriya
ton Of chlornfoim and morphia. which |
were excluded from the Conftdera"y
as contrahand "f war. The man WI o |
had submitted Ia amrutatlon Wlthnut
chlnroform, or tossed on Il couch Of
agony for night and n day without
sleep for the want of a dose nf m"rphia
may possibly he able to estimate the
advantages which resulted from The
possession by the Federal surgeons of
an unlimited supply Of these
The Confederate soldier fought |
bonntieS and regular monthly pay, the
Banner.' Hail Columbia" Tram.
Tramp, Tramp,' John Browns Body"
" Rally Round the Flag and all the
fury and fanaticism which skilled
minds could create. opposing this grand
array with the modc st and komely re
frain of Dixie" supported by a mild
solution of Maryland. My Maryland."
He taught good wagons, fat horses and
tons of quartelmasterS' stores, FOntoon
trains of splendid material and con-
struction by the mile; gunhoats, wood
EN- and iron. and menof war; Illustrated
papers, to cheer the Boys in Blue, with
sketches of the glorious deeds they did
not do: Bibles by the carload, and
tracts by the milion-the first to pre-
pare them for death and the second to
urge upon them The duty Of dying.
The Confederate soldier fought the
" Sanitary Commission whose mem
hers, armed with every facility and
convenience, quickly carried the sick
and wounded of the Federal army to
comfortable quarters, removed the
bloody garments, laid the sufferer on a
clean and dry couch, clothed him in
clean clothes, and fed him on the best
the world conId afford, and money buy
He fought the well-buiIt. thoroughly
equipped ambnlances. the countless
surgeons. nurses and hospital stewards.
and the best surgical appliances known
to the medical world. He tonight the
commerce "f the United States and all
the facilities for war which Europe
could supply. while his own ports We're
trained officers and the regular troops
of the Uditea States army. assisted by
splendid volunteer soldiers. besides
swarms of men, the refuse Of the eart!,
-Pnrtngese, Spanish, Italian. German,
Irish. Scotch. English, French. Chinese.
Representatives. black. olive and
brown. He laid down life for life with
this hireling host. who died for pay
by no one, missed by no one.
loved nv no one, who were better fed
and clothed. fatter. happier and more
in the army than ever they
were at home, and whose graves strew
the earth in lonesome places, where
none go to weep. When one of these
Il
The Confederate soldier killed these
without conjunction. and their com
rades bnripd them without tear.
The Confederate soldier fought the
rries of distress which came from lis
home-tales of woe. insult and robbery.
He fought men who knew that their
homes (when they had any We're safe.